Former BJP leader and Union minister Yashwant Sinha, who joined the Trinamool Congress on Saturday was appointed as the party’s vice-president on Tuesday.
Sinha would also become a national working committee member in the party.
The BJP released a list of 63 candidates for the third and fourth phases of the upcoming Bengal polls on Sunday, allotting seats to several sitting MP’s and erstwhile TMC members.
Along with this, the saffron party also announced names for 112 seats in Kerala and 17 seats each in Tamil Nadu and Assam.
The Congress party on the other hand announced 86 names for Kerala Assembly polls and 34 candidates for Bengal.
In Tamil Nadu, the ruling AIADMK released its election manifesto promising free housing, farmer subsidies, educational loan waivers, among other things.
The party, an ally of the BJP, also said that it would urge the Centre to scrap the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Its rival, DMK released its manifesto on Saturday with several key promises such as a law to ensure 75 per cent reservation for Tamil Nadu residents in jobs.
Surjitt Sahani
